Prosecutor: Man was stabbed, walked away with blade lodged in his back

SOMERVILLE — Law enforcement authorities are seeking the public's help in finding a New Brunswick man charged with stabbing a man in the back on a Somerville street, according to a statement from Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano, Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Chief of County Detectives Timothy Fitzgerald and Somerville Borough Chief of Police Dennis Manning.

Jibril Reynolds, 31, of New Brunswick.Somerset County Prosecutor's Office

Jibril Reynolds, 31, whose last known address was Lawrence Street in New Brunswick, has been charged with third-degree aggravated assault and third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, the statement said.

At about 11:15 p.m. Friday, Somerville Police arrived at the emergency room of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset on a report of a man being treated for a knife wound, with the blade of the knife still protruding from the man's lower back, the statement said. Police did not release the name of the injured man.

The man told police that at about 10:30 p.m. that night he and a man known to him only as "Jibril" became engaged in a verbal argument near Center and Third Streets in Somerville, the statement said.

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As the man turned to walk away from Jibril, he felt a sharp jab to his back and entered a vehicle to leave the area, at which time he realized he had been stabbed with a knife whose blade was still lodged in his back, the statement said.

A friend then took the man to the hospital emergency room, the statement said.

Detectives assigned to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit identified Jibril Reynolds as the "Jibril" who assaulted the other man, the statement said.

Soriano, Fitzgerald and Manning ask that anyone who knows Reynolds' whereabouts should not attempt to contact or apprehend him, but should instead contact the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100, the Somerville Police Department at 908-725-0331, or the Somerset County Crime Stoppers' Tip Line at 888-577-TIPS (8477). Tips may also be sent online at the prosecutor's office website or the Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline. All calls and tips will be kept confidential.